Baltimore Gets Ready for 2014

Baltimore Gets Ready for 2014

Tracey Baskerville, Communications Director for the Baltimore office of Promotions and the Arts, talks about New Years Eve at the Inner Harbor. Download This File

The Inner Harbor is getting ready to welcome more than 50,000 people to help ring in 2014 complete with a laser and fireworks show at midnight.

The Inner Harbor is getting ready to welcome more than 50,000 people to help ring in 2014 complete with a laser and fireworks show at midnight.

The events get underway at 9 PM with a band called 'Alter Ego' performing at the Inner Harbor Amphitheater.

"It's supposed to be chilly, but we're hoping people bundle up and come on out," said Mitch Case, spokesman, Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts.

The fireworks show will be put together by Image Engineering, a Baltimore-based company. The fireworks will be launched from two barges off Light and Pratt Streets. The fireworks show will coincide with a first-ever laser light show at midnight.

"We're going to have three countdown clocks," said Andy Suehle, with Image Engineering. "Everyone in the Inner Harbor can countdown together."

The clocks will be located on the National Aquarium facing the Maryland Science Center, Power Plant Live! and a small barge in the Inner Harbor.

Police said late Monday they are prepared to make sure it's a safe event.

"We have resources throughout the entire city to work the entire day," said Lt. Col. Darryl Desousa, Baltimore City Police.